Elon Musk looking to blanket the planet with 700 microsatellites

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story imageElon Musk announced that SpaceX is looking to launch a 700 micro-satellite constellation to bring global Internet access across the world. Each satellite will weigh less than 250 pounds and use radio spectrum allocated to WorldVu Satellites, Ltd.

Although still in the planning stages, SpaceX may end up helping in the construction and launch of the largest fleet of satellites yet.

Do we have to worry about more space junk? (Score: 1)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-11-12 16:32 (#2V0J)

700 microsatellites sounds scary. Even now space junk is dangerous for manned space flight. And if other countries start to deploy their satellite cloud...
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